Aigul Saparova ’18: From FLEXer to Global Software Program Manager

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From her childhood home in the village of Kerben in central Kyrgyzstan, Aigul Saparova '18 (Kerben, Kyrgyzstan/Visalia, CA) helps clients from around the world solve their...

Ana Indoitu: Innovating the Legal Education Field in Moldova

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Big, big, big – that is what Ana Indoitu, a 16-year-old FLEX student, saw everywhere she looked when she arrived in the U.S. in...

Gunel Isakova ’08: Be Curious, Question, and Observe

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Halfway around the world, on her own and living with an American host family, Gunel Isakova, a 17-year-old Muslim exchange student from Azerbaijan, found...

Luka Bluashvili ’19: Strength is in Unity

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In late December 2020, Luka Bluashvili ’19 (Tbilisi, Georgia/ Belleville, IL) traveled to the remote Georgian village of Atotsi. As he surveyed the mountainous...

Mongolian Prime Minister Awards FLEX Alumnus with “Young Person of the Year”

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“With great power comes great responsibility” said Bayarjavkhlan Bayanmunkh ’19 (Baruun Urt, Mongolia/Yale, MI), when asked to reflect on receiving the “Young Person of...

Farzona Yahyaeva ’12: Building Tajikistan’s Digital Economy

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Education: Degree in Management and IT from the Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University in Dushanbe “In my home country, Tajikistan, we have a big problem with labor...

Elene Ghelaghutashvili ‘07: World Traveler with a Big Vision

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Tbilisi, Georgia / Calico Rock, Arkanza Education: Bachelor’s Degree in business administration from the Caucasus University (Georgia); member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants...

Conflict Transformation Activist Klaudija Abat ’16: Re-discovering the Balkans in the U.S.

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‘My father is a Catholic from Albania and my mother is an Orthodox Christian from Montenegro. Growing up in Montenegro I never knew where...

From Almaty to Silicon Valley Through the Push of a Button: The Story of...

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Aruzhan Koshkarova ‘16 Almaty, Kazakhstan / Rogersville, MO Education: Student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA A few months ago, in Kazakhstan, a teenage girl was kidnapped on...

Munisa’s Dreams Come True

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Dedicated to FLEX alumna’s Mom, Zarina Ahmedova Munisa Ahmedova ‘15 Cocoa Beach, Florida/ Dushanbe, Tajikistan Education: currently studying for her BA at Eastern Florida State College After this...